{"id":91264,"date":"2025-09-27T00:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T04:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=91264"},"modified":"2025-09-27T00:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T04:04:47","slug":"hubert-hurkacz-to-miss-remainder-of-2025-season-with-injuries-targets-2026-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/09\/27\/hubert-hurkacz-to-miss-remainder-of-2025-season-with-injuries-targets-2026-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Hubert Hurkacz to Miss Remainder of 2025 Season With Injuries, Targets 2026 Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hubert Hurkacz was inside the ATP Top 10 just a year ago and reached the second week at two Grand Slams in 2024. Since then, however, staying healthy and competing consistently has been a major challenge for the Polish star. After three consecutive seasons with 40+ wins between 2022 and 2024, Hurkacz\u2019s 2025 campaign ends with just 22 matches played.<\/p>\n<h2>Hurkacz\u2019s 2025 Highlights<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the shortened season, Hurkacz still showed flashes of his quality. He posted a 13\u20139 record, highlighted by a run to the United Cup final, a semifinal in Rotterdam, a Rome Masters quarterfinal, and a final in Geneva on clay\u2014once again proving his all-court game can trouble anyone. His season included notable wins over Andrey Rublev and Taylor Fritz, along with a memorable three-set final against Novak Djokovic in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Novak Djokovic Wins His 100th Career Title! | Geneva 2025 Final Highlights\u00a0vs\u00a0Hurkacz\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KGJS2sIpJrg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He withdrew after just two matches on grass in Den Bosch and has not returned to the ATP Tour since. A coaching partnership with former Chilean star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/united-cup-2024-hurkacz-new-coaches\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicol\u00e1s Mass\u00fa<\/a> brought promise, but physical setbacks proved the bigger obstacle.<\/p>\n<h3>Persistent Knee Problems Halt Progress<\/h3>\n<p>Hurkacz\u2019s health struggles trace back to Wimbledon 2024, when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/hubert-hurkaczs-wimbledon-bid-stunningly-ends-after-2-valiant-dives-results-knee-injury?msockid=0bd04db6b19f6a4802b85bd7b0c96b68\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tore the meniscus in his right knee<\/a> after a dive during a point. The swelling and pain never fully subsided, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com\/baseline\/articles\/after-wimbledon-withdrawal-hubert-hurkacz-announces-knee-surgery\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">forcing another surgery<\/a> in July 2025 to address inflammation. His lower back has also been an issue, reducing the effectiveness of his serve and increasing the pressure he faces on court when playing ATP competition.<\/p>\n<p>For Polish tennis, Hurkacz has carried a heavy burden on the men\u2019s side. Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I_iXmRAouAo\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jerzy Janowicz\u2019s breakthrough<\/a> a decade ago, no other male player has consistently reached the sport\u2019s upper tiers of the top 20. By contrast, the women\u2019s game has flourished for Polish tennis, first with Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska\u2019s consistency at the top level, and now with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/09\/20\/where-will-iga-swiatek-play-next-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Iga \u015awi\u0105tek\u2019s<\/a> reign as a frequent world No. 1 (currently world #2) and multiple Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n<h3>Looking Ahead<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hubert Hurkacz Hot Shots But They Get Increasingly More Spectacular \ud83e\udd29\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RkzF-IteHns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fans will hope that this extended break gives Hurkacz the reset he needs. At his best, the 28-year-old remains one of the game\u2019s most dangerous players, capable of taking down elite opponents and producing high-level tennis on every surface. His battle with Djokovic in Geneva reminded everyone of his potential. The 2026 season now looms as a critical chapter in his career, one that could determine whether he returns to the Top 10 conversation or remains held back by recurring injuries. Hurkacz may begin the 2026 season competing in lower-level tournaments like the ATP Challenger Tour, to build confidence and momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hubert Hurkacz was inside the ATP Top 10 just a year ago and reached the second week at two Grand Slams in 2024. Since then, however, staying healthy and competing consistently has been a major challenge for the Polish star. After three consecutive seasons with 40+ wins between 2022 and 2024, Hurkacz\u2019s 2025 campaign ends [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1442,"featured_media":56037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,2],"tags":[259,2916,3243,6457],"class_list":["post-91264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-atp","category-featured","tag-atp-tour","tag-hubert-hurkacz","tag-polish-tennis","tag-tennis-news"],"modified_by":"Steen Kirby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91266,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91264\/revisions\/91266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}